Tag: book reviews

Edward Bulwer-Lytton is known for many things. He’s the man who coined the phrases “pursuit of the almighty dollar” and “the pen is mightier than the sword.” He gave us that most (in)famous of opening lines, “It was a dark and stormy night,” which spawned the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest. He was a novelist, a poet, …

The Hollow Earth, published in 1964 by Dr. Raymond Bernard, is one of the strangest books I’ve ever read. It’s full title is actually The Hollow Earth: The Greatest Geographical Discovery in History Made by Admiral Richard E. Byrd in the Mysterious Land Beyond the Poles – The True Origin of the Flying Saucers. Yeah. …

The Smoky God, written by Willis George Emerson and published in 1908, is a retelling of the strange adventures of Olaf Jansen. Allegedly based on a true account and papers shared by Jansen on his death bed, the book recounts, in swift detail, his voyage into Earth’s “inner world” through an opening at the North …

I finished reading Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank over the weekend. It’s a good book, and so I thought I’d briefly share my opinions. First, know this: It was published in 1959, with the Cold War in full swing. Not two years prior, Russia had successfully launched the world’s first satellite, Sputnik, igniting the space …